Councils will need agreement from two-thirds of local residents and business owners in order to change street names, under plans by the Government.
The announcement from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities aims to ensure the law regarding street name changes is applied consistently by all councils in England.
Housing minister Stuart Andrew said: 'As part of our mission to level up across the country, we want communities to take back control so we are putting the power over street names changes into the hands of local people who would be most directly affected.
'Our new laws will stop councils pushing through street names changes that communities don’t want.'
